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Jul. 31st, 2013 05:58 pmI really wish I would stop cutting myself... T_T
I was slicing a lemon today and the knife accidentally slipped and it shaved off the side of my finger. A chunk of skin is now missing. It isn't that deep, and it isn't that big (maybe 3-4 mm in diameter?) so I didn't worry about it too much. But then the pain started and then I thought about my triple antibiotic ointment that I bought for the last time I sliced myself...
At first I just bandaged it with a band-aid and hoped that would help. But later, I went to take it off, I found the wound still bleeding. It was still hurting and when I ran my finger under some water to clean it, it hurt like a damn bitch... So much pain. In the end, I couldn't get the bleeding to stop so I never could apply the ointment and I ended up putting another band-aid on it... And judging by the ever increasing blood stain, I can only assume it still hasn't stopped bleeding (it's been about 2.5 hours since I first cut myself).
Last time, I sliced into my hand and it was deepish, but I didn't slice it clean through -- there was still some skin hanging on so I was able to get the bleeding stopped and just applied the ointment around the edges. This time, there isn't any skin to hold onto so I'm not sure what I can do. Hope it stops bleeding eventually, keep it clean and wait until I can put the ointment on it? *shrugs* I really don't know since this is the first time I've ever cut myself like this... :\
I was slicing a lemon today and the knife accidentally slipped and it shaved off the side of my finger. A chunk of skin is now missing. It isn't that deep, and it isn't that big (maybe 3-4 mm in diameter?) so I didn't worry about it too much. But then the pain started and then I thought about my triple antibiotic ointment that I bought for the last time I sliced myself...
At first I just bandaged it with a band-aid and hoped that would help. But later, I went to take it off, I found the wound still bleeding. It was still hurting and when I ran my finger under some water to clean it, it hurt like a damn bitch... So much pain. In the end, I couldn't get the bleeding to stop so I never could apply the ointment and I ended up putting another band-aid on it... And judging by the ever increasing blood stain, I can only assume it still hasn't stopped bleeding (it's been about 2.5 hours since I first cut myself).
Last time, I sliced into my hand and it was deepish, but I didn't slice it clean through -- there was still some skin hanging on so I was able to get the bleeding stopped and just applied the ointment around the edges. This time, there isn't any skin to hold onto so I'm not sure what I can do. Hope it stops bleeding eventually, keep it clean and wait until I can put the ointment on it? *shrugs* I really don't know since this is the first time I've ever cut myself like this... :\